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Remedy CEO leaves, promises Quantum Break will live up to expectations

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The Xbox One shares a lot of exclusives with PC. Ori and the Blind Forest was a wonderful experience, but you didn’t need the console to play it. While some exclusives might lure people into needing Microsoft’s portal in the living room, it’s Quantum Break that I’m betting on. Yes, it was delayed, and yes, the studio’s CEO has moved on to greener pastures, but apparently that doesn’t mean anything bad.

Matias Myllyrinne has written a public goodbye to the studio he was a part of for 15 years. He says some kind words about the studio and the importance of gaming before touching on Quantum Break:

The studio is in good standing and will go on to great things. Quantum Break looks amazing and the team is working hard to build it into the game that you deserve. It will be worthy of the Remedy brand.

We are yet to see Remedy’s best game.

Meanwhile, over on Games Industry, he explained his move to World of Tanks studio Wargaming as a desire for something new. While he didn’t outwardly blame the stress of AAA development for his departure, it certainly does sound like it:

AAA can take a lot of effort, but it feels like a worthwhile undertaking. The leap from Alan Wake to Quantum Break is close to 3x in terms of work alone. There is just a lot of ground to cover – certainly if you are building a new IP with new technology on a new platform. But Remedy is one of the few places that can produce new AAA IP and build original franchises.

However, he also explains (as we assumed) that the shift from end of this year to beginning of next for Quantum Break’s release was based more on marketing decisions than issues with development.

The team needs to have room to breathe and let the experts do their jobs. We moved the project out to 2016 to avoid some of the holiday rush in the market and within Microsoft’s portfolio. Personally, I think there is more runway for a new IP like Quantum Break in 2016. Of course, we are making the most of the time and polishing the game.

Hopefully this means a better game when it launches – I really don’t mind delays and I’m also happy when I hear that the crazy holiday period will be at least a little less hectic. I like when rad games release at other times of year – it spreads the love and makes the months other than October-December also feel like fun. The shift makes sense, I just hope he’s being honest and that AAA development stresses haven’t also played a part in the game’s delay.

I’m sure Myllyrinne will do well at Wargaming and it will be nice to see how Remedy does going forward. While the timing is probably not making marketing executives happy, at least we can be reassured that a game that gets me seriously excited is still coming and looking good.

Last Updated: June 4, 2015

24 Comments

  1. ReaperOfSquirrels

    June 4, 2015 at 11:35

    I actually have no expectations for this game. The idea looks cool and sound, but if it actually works and does well is a totally different story.

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    • Uberutang

      June 4, 2015 at 11:37

      Yup. And I will wait for the inevitable humble bundle deal this will end up in

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    • WitWolfy

      June 4, 2015 at 12:53

      I have a feeling its going to be a interactive movie game hybrid.. Much like The Order… NOTHING MORE!

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  2. Pieter Kruger

    June 4, 2015 at 11:37

    The PS4 shares a lot of exclusives with PC. No Mans Sky will be a wonderful experience, but you won’t need the console to play it. While some exclusives might lure people into needing Sony’s portal in the living room, it’s eeeeh…..hmmmmm………sjoe……Sorry I have nothing!????????????

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    • Hammersteyn

      June 4, 2015 at 11:50

      Theses are on PC as well
      Final Fantasy XIV
      PlanetSide 2
      War Thunder
      Street Fighter V

      *Flies away

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      • Pieter Kruger

        June 4, 2015 at 11:55

        Don’t let Zoe see this, her world will crumble! ????. She still thinks the incoming Metro demo’s are PS4 exclusives…..shhhhhhh! ????

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        • Hammersteyn

          June 4, 2015 at 12:04

          That’s good news for XBOX then as well, I’m just happy shareware is back……maybe

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          • FoxOneZA

            June 4, 2015 at 12:09

            I hear dial-up modems are the hipster thing right now

          • Greylingad[CNFRMD]

            June 4, 2015 at 12:09

            Yes if decomposing in front of your PC is something you’d like to achieve….

          • Hammersteyn

            June 4, 2015 at 12:12

            hahaha

  3. Hammersteyn

    June 4, 2015 at 11:51

    I think most publishers might announce delays to avoid Fallout 4

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    • Pieter Kruger

      June 4, 2015 at 11:52

      Correct, and MS is looking great for the rest of 2015 anyways! ????

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      • Jonah Cash

        June 4, 2015 at 14:59

        What is still coming in 2015 to the Bone?

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        • Pieter Kruger

          June 4, 2015 at 15:17

          I can tell you about Forza 6, Fable Legends, Halo 5, Crackdown 3, Neverwinter, Inside, Rise Of The Tomb Raider, Smite, Gears Of War remake etc. etc. and then you can tell me how none of those games interest you and that you prefer Indies and I can point out that Xbox One has just as many Indies and then you will ask me to go and sit 5cm from the screen and count the pixels all just because you “hate” MS because it’s hip and so on and so on…….AMIRITE? ????

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          • Jonah Cash

            June 4, 2015 at 16:36

            I hate MS because of the way they handled the Bone.I had 3 360’s and I absolutely loved them. I rate it higher than my PS2 to be perfectly honest, but MS’s attitude at the start of this gen’s cycle was just awful. I am very weird over service and attitude towards me as the customer, I never forget if you tried to screw me over. Hence why I shop at Makro and will never buy anything from a Game store ever again…
            And yes I really don’t care for most of those games, I would love to play the new Tomb Raider and I would buy a Gears 1-3 remaster just as quick as I would Uncharted 1-3. But for now there is nothing that is making me think I need a Bone. Waiting for that time game that has lost 3 high profile people over the last month, hope it is a good game. Looked good…

  4. Mossel

    June 4, 2015 at 11:54

    OK but didn’t they say that with Windows 10 I should be able to play xbox games with my pc?

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    • Pieter Kruger

      June 4, 2015 at 11:57

      You’ll be able to stream to pc yes, but developers can also choose to allow cross buy between PC and Xbox One!????

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      • Mossel

        June 4, 2015 at 12:02

        Yeah cross buy is what I’m getting at. So then if I buy on my pc, I can play an xbox game without actually owning a xbox?

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        • Pieter Kruger

          June 4, 2015 at 12:16

          Nope, not as I understand it. You’ll have to own both a PC and Xbox but you only have to buy a multiplat game on either one, and will receive the one on the other platform free.

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  5. Admiral Chief's Adventure

    June 4, 2015 at 11:58

    • Hammersteyn

      June 4, 2015 at 12:02

      hehe

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    • Greylingad[CNFRMD]

      June 4, 2015 at 12:06

      AhHAAA!! Admiral, you have just literally made my day, for this I thank you!

      Reply

  6. RinceTheElfRoot

    June 4, 2015 at 12:21

    So you could say that a quantum broke away from the project? 0_O

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  7. WitWolfy

    June 4, 2015 at 12:52

    I’ll take that with a pinch of salt… The way Alan Wake was intended to be and ended up being shipped is day and night in comparison.

    Reply

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